purpose low bone mass is a major health concern among young women nowadays due to sedentary lifestyle and lack of calcium rich food intake. therefore there is an increase in the incidence of lbm among young university women so our main purpose of study was to compare effects of exercise program and calcium supplements on bone mass in young women. methods this single blinded, cross sectional stu...

PURPOSE Low bone mass is a major health concern among young women nowadays due to sedentary lifestyle and lack of calcium rich food intake. Therefore there is an increase in the incidence of LBM among young university women so our main purpose of study was to compare effects of exercise program and calcium supplements on bone mass in young women. METHODS This single blinded, cross sectional s...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Ving Tsun (VT) Chinese martial art training on radial bone strength, upper- and lower-limb muscular strength, shoulder joint mobility, balance performance, and self-efficacy in elderly participants. [Subjects and Methods] Twelve seniors voluntarily joined the VT training group, and twenty-seven seniors voluntarily joined the cont...

Objectives. To (1) compare the bone strength, lower limb muscular strength, functional balance performance, and balance self-efficacy between Ving Tsun (VT) martial art practitioners and nonpractitioners and (2) identify the associations between lower limb muscular strength, functional balance performance, and balance self-efficacy among the VT-trained participants. Methods. Thirty-five VT prac...

The relationship between the bone mineral density (BMD) in Croatian female adults and the average incoming solar radiation at the ground was investigated. The study included 387 volunteers of average age of 60 years from three different towns: Pula (n = 128, age from 35 to 76), Krapina (n = 141, age from 43 to 77), and Zagreb (n = 118, age from 32 to 79). Apart from the different lifestyle, eac...